The Film Daily (1935)

THE ■gym DAILY Thursday, Nov. 7, 1935 Vol. 68, No. 109 Thurs., Nov. 7, 1935 10 Cents JOHN W. ALICOATE Editor and Publisher Published daily except Sundays and Holidays at 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y., by Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc. J. W. Alicoate, President, Editor and Publisher; Donald M. Mersereau, Secretary-Treasurer and General Manager; Arthur W. Eddy, Associate Editor; Don Carle Gillette, Managing Editor. Entered as second class matter, May 21, 1918, at the post-office at New York, N. Y., under the act of March 3, 1879. Terms (Postage free) United States outside of Greater New York $10.00 one year; 6 months, $5.00; 3 months, $3.00. Foreign $15.00. Subscriber should remit with order. Address all communications to THE FILM DAILY, 1650 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Phone, Circle 7-4736, 7-4737, 7-4738, 7-4739. Cable Address: Filmday, New York. Hollywood, California— Ralph Wilk, 6425 Hollywood Blvd., Phone Granite 6607. London — Ernest W. Fredman, The Film Renter, 89-91 Wardour St., W. I. Berlin — Lichtbildbuehne. Friedrichstrasse, 225. Paris — P. A. Harle, La Cinematographic Francaise, Rue de la Courdes-Noues, 19. FINANCIAL NEW YORK STOCK MARKET Net High Low Close Chg. Am. Seat 17S/8 163,4 17 — V4 Columbia Picts. vtc. 69'/2 66 683/4 + 3% Con. Fm. Ind 5% 5% S'/g + V4 Con. Fm. Ind. pfd. 19'/2 19'/4 19i/2 + 3/8 East. Kodak 167 166'/2 167 + 1 Loew's, Inc 49!/8 48 V4 48 '/2 — i/4 do pfd 106 106 106 Paramount 10'/2 9'/2 95/8 + % Paramount 1st pfd.. 82'/4 80 813/8 + 2% Paramount 2nd pfd. 11% ll'A 1 1 V2 + l/4 Pathe Film 6'/8 6 6V8 + Vs RKO 5'/2 5 Vs 51/4 + Vs 20th Century-Fox . 19V8 18^4 1834 — Vi 20th Century-Fox pfd. 28'/2 28% 28% + Vs Univ. Pict. pfd 4334 42 433/4 + 1 1/4 Warner Bros 8% 8V4 834 + l/2 do pfd 49% 47% 49% + 1 34 NEW YORK BOND MARKET Gen. Th. Eq. 6s40 . 15% 15% 15'/2 + % Keith A-0 6s46 . . . 92 91% 92 + % Loew 6s41ww 10434 104% 1043,4 + 5/8 Paramount Picts. 6s55 92% 91 92'/2 + 2 Par. B'way 3s55 56 55 Vi 55% — 1 % Warner's 6s39 8534 84% 853/4 + 2 NEW YORK CURB MARKET Columbia Picts. vtc. 67% 64% 67% -f 6 Sonotone Corp 234 234 234 Technicolor 1934 19% 19% Trans-Lux 3% 334 3% .... Ordinances in 3 Cities Koon Sees Vast Industry Block 2,000-Foot Reel In Educational Film Field Politics in New "Time" Preparations of the Republican party for the 1936 campaign constitute the leading item in the next issue of "March of Time" to be released next week by RKO. Strike-breaking activities and the extinction of wild ducks are other items in the reel. "SEIDBNSOUNDJiBRmyjf 33 W. 60th ST NEW YORK CITY ' MUSICAL WUNDTRACKOTVtRY M00D^oTYPt OF PICTURE SEND FOB OUR CATALOG Revision of city ordinances in New York, Chicago and Indianapolis to permit storage of 2,000-foot reels will be necessary in order to nationalize the proposed new standard which has now been approved by a majority of major companies. In all other key cities there are no restrictions as to length of reels. Present ordinances in the three cities describe a reel as comprising 1,000 feet. In New York the committee handling the planned changeover for the majors will check up the ordinance situation late this week. Ward Wing Plans 2 More Two more features are planned by Ward Wing, who has brought "Jungle Love," feature which he produced for Columbia at Singapore, to New York after arriving from London. Wing makes "Exhibit A" for British Film Players in London and then goes to Colombo and Ceylon to produce "'Tea Leaves in the Wind." "Crime et Chatiment" Opens Nov. 12 "Crime et Chatiment," French production of the Dostoevsky classic, "Crime and Punishment," will open Nov. 12 at the Cinema de Paris. Cast of the picture, which has over 600 English titles and a musical score, is headed by Pierre Blanchar, Harry Bauer, Madeleine Ozeray, Alexandre Rignault and Paulette Elambert. Jean H. Lenauer, president of Lenauer International Films, who acquired the picture for handling in this country, says no effort will be made to show the French "Crime and Punishment" in competition with the recently finished Columbia picture of the same title. He says the French version was made in Paris more than six months ago and that he acquired it for this country on the strength of his opinion of it. Ben Warner's Body to Lie in State West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — Body of Benjamin Warner, father of the Warner Brothers, will rest in state from 6 P. M. to 9:30 P. M. today in the Malinow & Simons funeral parlors following its arrival from Youngstown. Funeral services take place in the chapel of the Home of Peace at 10 A. M. tomorrow. At the Warner Club rooms in New York a memorial service for Benj. Warner will be held at 2 P. M. tomorrow. Reserves Decision on RKO Claims Federal Judge Bondy yesterday reserved decision on exceptions made to Special Master Thomas D. Thacher's recommendations on the Hoblitzelle claims against RKO. Hearing on exceptions to the Criterion Advertising Co. claim is to be held today. Hardie Albright lin Play Hardie Albright has joined the cast of the new Broadway play, "Room Service." Use of films for school classroom work will eventually reach the point where a vast industry will be created to supply these special pictures and to service the schools on equipment as well as to aid in the presentations, in the opinion of Dr. Cline M. Koon, senior specialist in the U. S. Department of the Interior's Radio and Visual Education department. Inquiries being received by the government for educational subjects are steadily increasing, said Dr. Koon in a Film Daily interview, and it is only a matter of time when the number of schoolrooms able to use movies in classes will be of sufficient number to warrant special producing activity to fill this particular need. Pointing out that these films would be strictly of an instructional nature for showing during regular school hours, and not competitive with theater entertainment, Dr. Koon said that a large number of industrial corporations have expressed a willingness to sponsor the production f the pictures without requiring the insertion of any advertising matter in them except possibly for the inclusion of a credit line giving the sponsor's name. Dr. Koon also predicts a gradual raising of artistic standards in film entertainment. He says there are manifestations of growing artistic expression and appreciation among Americans as a class and that great development along these lines will take place in the next 15 or 20 years. Zeidman Signs Author West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — B. F. Zeidman has signed Louis Stevens, novelist and playwright, to prepare the screen version of Charles Sheldon's "In His Steps," which will be one of the 16 productions released during the current season by the Zeidman Film Corp. Party for Radio Celebs A reception and dance for several hundred leading radio stars, including film folk who have appeared on the air will be given Nov. 18 at the Park Central Hotel by the publishers of "Radio Personalities," new pictorial and biographical annual. G. Maillard Kesslere is on the committee. Vaude No Go in Birmingham Birmingham — Vaudeville has failed to click at the Pantages which opened early in October. Two weeks' notice has been posted and the house will be closed by Wilby-Kincey on Nov. 15. Howard Le Sieur a Father Howard Le Sieur of the United Artists advertising and publicity department became the father of an eight-pound boy yesterday. Lily Pons Film for Music Hall "I Dream Too Much," RKO Radio picture starring Lily Pons, is slated to open Nov. 28 at the Music Hall. Coming and Going JACK HULBERT and his wife. CICELY COURTNEIDGE, GB stars, return to New York from Hollywood tomorrow en route to the GB studios in England. E. J. SPARKS is in New York from Florida. RUFUS LeMAIRE has returned to New York from Europe. JOHN MAROONEY, attorney for the Kj Hoblitzelle interests, is in New York fro Texas. WARD WING, who has arrived in New York from London, plans to remain in this country about two menths. ROBERT McNEAL of San Francisco is due in New York Nov. 19. E. V. RICHARDS has arrived in New YorV from New Orleans. ED ROWLEY is in New York from Texas. LUPE VELEZ arrives in New York today or the Pan American from South Amerii JOHNNY WEISSMULLER, her husband, is fly ing to New York from Hollywood to meet her ERIC LOCKE and HARRY PERRY return nex week from France and Spain where they wer sent by Ernst Lubitsch of the Paramount studio to shoot background scenes for the new Man !ene Dietrich-Gary Cooper film, "Desire." ROUBEN MAMOULIEN leaves New York to morrow for the coast. JEAN PARKER, M-G-M player, who returnee this week from England, leaves tomorrow fo the coast. ROBERT HUREL of Franco-Film sails Saturday for France. GERTRUDE PURCELL, film writer, has returne< 'o Hollywood by plane after a six-week so journ in New York. Form Western Pictures West Coast Bureau of THE FILM DAILY Hollywood — William Fiske, JrJ and Nicholas Ludington have formed Western Pictures Corp. to financi independent producers who have! major release contracts. Lands Display at Auto Show New York Strand Theater wa the only house to crack the Aufc Show at the Grand Central Palaci with a display. Irving Windisclj Warner Metropolitan Theaters e: ploiteer, nabbed a swell location a large still of Kay Francis, me tioning theater and playdate of Found Stella Parish." The displaj was planted next to the Buick ex] hibition.